The Zimbabwean swimming great, already a towering figure in
Olympic circles, emerged victorious to replace Thomas Bach, securing the top
job in world sport and ushering in a new era for the Games.
Coventry needed only one round of voting to clinch the race
to succeed Bach, winning an immediate overall majority in the secret ballot
with 49 of the available 97 votes.
She beat Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. into second place, the
Spaniard winning 28 votes. Britain’s Sebastian Coe, considered one of the front
runners in the days leading up to the vote, came third with eight votes.
The remaining votes went to Frenchman David Lappartient,
Jordan’s Prince Feisal, Swedish-born Johan Eliasch, and Japan’s Morinari
Watanabe.
"This is not just a huge honour but it is a reminder of
my commitment to every single one of you that I will lead this organization
with so much pride," a beaming Coventry told her fellow IOC members at the
luxury seaside resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese which hosted the IOC
Session.
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